freemasonry

See also: Freemasonry

English

freemason +‎ -ry

freemasonry (countable and uncountable, plural freemasonries)

Alternative letter-case form of Freemasonry: the institutions, precepts, and rites of the Freemasons.
(figuratively) Fellowship and sympathy among a number of people.
(figuratively) Strange customs which resemble those of Freemasons.

institutions, rites, etc. of the Freemasons — see Freemasonry

fellowship and sympathy

Arabic: مَاسُونِيَّة‎ f (māsūniyya)
Armenian: մասոնություն (masonutʿyun)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 同病相憐／同病相怜 (zh) (tóngbìngxiānglián), 惺惺相惜 (zh) (xīngxīngxiāngxī), 意氣相投／意气相投 (zh) (yìqìxiāngtóu)
Dutch: vrijmetselarij (nl) f
Finnish: veljeys (fi)
French: franc-maçonnerie (fr) f
Georgian: მასონობა (masonoba)
German: Freimaurerei (de) f
Greek: ελευθεροτεκτονισμός (el) m (eleftherotektonismós)
Hebrew: הבונים החופשיים‎
Hungarian: bajtársiasság (hu), összetartás (hu)
Japanese: フリーメーソン (furī mēson)
Korean: 프리메이슨 (peurimeiseun)
Portuguese: maçonaria (pt) f
Russian: масо́нство (ru) n (masónstvo), франкмасо́нство (ru) n (frankmasónstvo)